If you are in your late 20’s or early 30’s, then Oregon Trail is going to bring back a sudden wave of nostalgia. For me, I’m psyched that GameLofts is bringing the classic game over to the iPhone. I have never finished the game when I played it on the old Apple II back in the elementary school. Computer class only lasted 30 minutes and it wasn’t enough for me to go from Independence, Mo., to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. However, now more then two decades later, I’m finally able to reach the promise land.

The game should be appearing on the Apple App Store sometime this week for $5.99. I will post my thoughts on the game once I get my hands dirty once again on my journey to the west. Who knew dysentery can be so fun…

Hah! I was also one of those kids who loved playing Oregon Trail. I also played it on an Apple II in elementary school and you are right, there was never enough time to finish! Luckily as I got older I was about to hang out at the public library where there was a fancy high tech Macintosh with a 3.5 floppy drive! You were able to reserve the computer for 1 hour at a time…plenty of time to play a full game…or drown in the river.